Book Review: Lost Connections; Why you are depressed and how to find hope by Johann Hari
Having been treated for depression and anxiety before. Seeing the sub-title “why you’re depressed and how to find hope” made…
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Bite Size: Why finding alone time is important
During the first lock down in France, it was almost impossible to find alone time from my family as I’d…
Eating disorders prevalent in young women
Eating is a normal daily routine. But when it gets too much, too little or too strict, and is affected…
Bite Size: How to minimize stress, anxiety and emotional triggers
It feels like everywhere we look something is going wrong in the world. Whether it’s the protests in Nigeria, or…
Cancers most prevalent in black women and women of color
I was 18 when I got diagnosed with cancer and had just started attending university. Being a young black woman…
How being raped as a toddler still affects me as an adult
I can still remember the first time it happened. It was about 6 weeks after our daughter was born. I…
Pads or tampons; which one is better for you?
For a long time, I saw tampons as a thing made for different classes and races. Don’t get me wrong,…
Politicizing medicine; why ending gender-based violence is all our responsibility
An interview with DR Kirti Patel-Boosi Its hard to ignore gender-based violence. Where ever you look these days, there is…
World mental health day. What it is and how we can all improve our mental health
The world health organization has now recognized mental health disorders as “a major contributor to the global burden of disease.”…
What I’ve learnt from Chrissy Teigen’s recent loss
There is so much that we still don’t know about pregnancy and giving birth. Which is why any mother can…
Bite Size: A letter to my father
Dear…. I don’t know how to address you because I never got the chance to meet you. I don’t know…
Skin bleaching in the 21st century
How did we get here? The short and long-term implications of skin bleaching. Who does not want to be beautiful,…
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